I agree it's like a loss... because it's a game they'll have written off as a W ages ago. And now they don't get that W. And they face Chicago, New Orleans, New England and Seattle before the end of the season.

Good news: We don't have to worry about a divisional record tiebreaker with SF.

Bad news: We need at least one win more than SF to take NFC West title.

"I'm not the type to let a sleeping giant lie. I wake up the giant, slap him around, make him mad and beat him to the ground. I talk a big game because I carry a big stick." --- All-Pro Stanford Graduate

Basically, if we have the same number of wins as them, they get the tiebreaker. But that was already likely to be true since Seattle is 0-3 in the division and can't sweep SF. So SF gained almost nothing from this tie- but they did lose something- a game in the win column. If Seattle finishes 12-4 the 49ers would need to win 12 games themselves, and they just lost one of those wins tonight. So it's pretty big. If SF loses next week against the Bears, Seattle will actually control their own destiny.